A Deer Migration You Have to See to Believe | National Geographic

[@dextraze13]

Many people have lived in the inner cities all their life and have not had the opportunity to watch a migration, so I personally am thankful this video brings to me such beauty.

[@richardabrain8757]

In the early 1970s I was living in Alamosa Colorado and actually witnessed the migration through the valley, east of town one evening , and there were more than 500 mule deer in a massive body migrating towards the south. Could not believe the sea of antlers and bodies as they blocked the only main highway, while we were on the way to Walsenberg pass going to Trinidad. The local older people knew about this annual migration but never spoke of it. Have never seen anything like that since.

[@herbrothersoutdoors501]

Wonderful documentary! Hope these routes are protected forever.

[@peabrain6872]

Some egotistical hunters gonna go there you already know

[@nmelkhunter1]

@@peabrain6872 These areas have hunted for years and the hunting community wants to protect these routes. We get the importance of proper wildlife management and know the importance of the research of same. The statement in this video that makes it sound like this is a new discovery is very misleading. The University of Wyoming and Wyoming Game and Fish have been well aware of this migration for a great many years. This is NOT a new discovery.

[@bigcountry9457]

It will be thanks to hunters!

[@martykroenecke4273]

Hats off to the camera crew! It had to be overwhelming to figure out the migration route and get the cameras placed to get such awesome video. Please do more.

[@deirdrevisser6955]

Ooo

[@caseroj6020]

Wow!!!! That's so cool. It's not every day you get an intimate look at these animals and observe their behavior without human hunting pressure. I too was surprised by their vocalizations as they crossed the river. Kudos to the Wyoming Migration Initiative for undertaking such a valuable study. Supporting research projects like this is one of the reasons I joined RMEF. Well done!

[@melisacooper4699]

Good!

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

In November 2023, I saw a 45 minutes documentary in an iMac theater at the Fleet Science museum on the migration of all the animals at Serengeti plains. It was a treat since I can't be there.

[@CharlestonVic]

Those vocalizations while crossing water: "It's COLD! It's Effing COLD! Just do it!"

[@adamhollis3529]

Animals are amazing

[@yogayantra]

The quality of the photos is remarkable.

[@eltonbalaj601]

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[@liammanaay8850]

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[@douglasgrant6744]

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[@jasonchen8374]

yogayantra Dominique

[@tungstenwhizard4361]

They have $10k, even $100k worth of gear, so...

[@muzikluvahj.6667]

Love to see that we humans haven't left too big of a footprint yet,to where it stops beautiful,and natural things like this from happening. Great footage,thanks for sharing.

[@inherjyze1ify]

Good word (YET)

[@zizimycat]

The population of migrating ungulates would be higher if it wasn’t for our human interference. Many probably break legs or get horns entangled because of the fencing and other obstacles we ignorantly place.

[@aaronyeomans5799]

@@zizimycat False, it would be lower. We killed the wolves which kept the deer in check, now deer population has exploded.

[@SilverScaleMA]

@zizimycat but those individuals that do get through do so because they are more agile, better at problem solving, and/or more cautious of dangers and are the ones that pass on those traits. The ones that don't survive would be more likely to have offspring that also wouldn't be able to overcome those same obstacles. A good example of that where I live is how the whitetail handle roads. Most of the older deer know to be cautious of the roads and even go so far as to look both ways and either wait until it is clear or until traffic is stopped bothe ways before crossing. There are still deer that get hit, mostly during late summer/early fall when older fawns are starting to strike out on their own more and bucks are in rut. Still, as time goes on even though the deer population is gradually rising the number of deer being hit specifically in our area actually has gone down the past few years because the deer themselves are getting more road wise.

[@pol2822]

Roads and fences should never prevent animals from migrating. Crossing points should be put in place where necessary.

[@judygillam6572]

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[@wraith511802003]

+Pol DERP

[@quadrunnerb4500]

+Pol Are you serious?

[@asianforce]

+Pol actually they plan on certain roads to allow these migrations to occur. however these road might come too late since a great deal of time will be needed to make these eco friendly roads. they will so provide more lane space for driving. america is in need of repairing infrastructure anyways, but this time there will be a great deal more science and ingenuity involved.

[@KaregoAt]

Exactly. The deer were there way before the fences were put in place. Man needs to work together with nature.

[@birdyncrew]

The vocalizations, are the youngun' asking "Are we There Yet?"

[@backyardbuck6362]

nom nom ,are we there yet ? 😊

[@needsbeer]

"Not yet. Stop being annoying. "

[@willowdaisysisters474]

@@needsbeer hey dont be mean or rude

[@needsbeer]

That wasn't meant to be rude. It was meant as a caption for the video.

[@mateowey]

Hahaha!! "I swear I'll turn this migration around if you don't stop asking" my Dad if he was Migration leader lmao

[@lynnclark4208]

Yes, I agree the vocalization made me go back 20 seconds to hear again and again to enjoy. Some of the babies were small. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@chaulsin]

Amazing that they can still make it all that way in today's world.

[@peterk8909]

It would take me about 8 days, taking into account I'd have to stop to sleep, eat, etc. Deer could eat along the way, at least.

[@dickfitswell3437]

I don't think you understand just how big America is

[@williamblowers7227]

Great job showing the migration . Hope this helps us understand how to keep these animals safe and plentiful .

[@paulanull6521]

Didn't a conservation group team up with a state group to build a bridge so the migrating deer could cross a major highway safely? Thought I read about it some place.

[@TheDarbicus]

yes heres a nova video about it. www.pbs.org/video/2365717584/

[@kevinrichter8678]

The same in British Columbia Canada, they build tunnels under the highways or bridges over them and cover them in grass, rocks and trees to make it seem as natural as possible.

[@markmnorcal]

William Blowers Notice the old bucks have the ladies lead.

[@valery9599]

William Blowers Trump does't care about animals 😥😥😥

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

This is excellent information. Landowners need to allow migratory animals, birds, bees and butterflies the freedom of movement and native plants to eat on their way.

[@jimhansen5395]

How do ranchers keep their livestock from 'migrating' ?

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

@@jimhansen5395 There are clear and easy modern way to do that. One would be to keep them in large enclosures and transfer them from enclosure to enclosure as needed. It is a proven method. They don't need to use "public lands."

[@danielhall680]

It's people like you that make it possible for these animals to do their migration keep doing the good job

[@nmelkhunter1]

Let's not forget to give the much deserved credit to hunters, Wyoming Game and Fish as well as the wildlife biology community that spends countless time and countless dollars to maintain the wildlife in North America. Please lookup the Pittman-Robertson act and its importance to North American wildlife.

[@mesmariland]

!Love to see some one cares for these magnificent creature

[@heidivainio770]

Thank you National Geographic and all those who did this research...I love this....so precious

[@Quercusssss]

The impact of our fracturing and division of the land on local wildlife is enormous

[@gamebro511]

Have you ever seen satellite pictures of land? Flown in planes over the country? Our footprint is tiny, and there is endless unclaimed and unused lands for deer to play. It's not as bad as you hippies always try to make it sound.

[@abcd123906]

Stonemperor Yep, you're right. It's interesting, if you look at the southern tip of the migration route, you'll notice they're getting stuck at the highway.

[@guillermococofrito9196]

@@gamebro511 Maybe in some parts of USA. Im sure some states are just like europe, 90% fenced and builded.

[@ASaleh-bn8dm]

@@gamebro511 a footprint is a footprint it doesn’t matter the size but I understand your point

[@glorytoyahuah2935]

I agree. It was the first thing I noticed. Beyond ridiculous. The original peoples of these lands would never. Colonizers doing what colonizers know best without regard for the land and its inhabitants no matter the species. The time is up though…

[@danielfong7058]

i absolutely love these short clips nat geo i binge watch them day by day

[@mikigm89]

Nature always finds a way!

[@bob3913]

Thats sort of stating the obvious though, seeing as how dead, extinct organisms are no longer biotic factors and therefore not considered nature. Cool vid.

[@patricioaviles9149]

instead going to war all over the world we should take care of this beauty

[@johannahpowell7884]

im gong to share this comment it is SO TRUE!

[@sourceawry4035]

@norman bates , for all of my 47 years, I have been fascinated with observing insects. I watch all animals and birds that find my yard, but my state is flat, so insects are more available and don't startle like the feathered and the furred. Those that live in colonies and hives provide entire communities for my observation, and they always very busy doing what they do. To be honest, I am a little jealous that they all know what to do. Every living thing knows its purpose except for us. This was not lost on Native Americans, and they credit the animals for teaching their peoples the natural medicines of the earth. This is a common understanding of indigenous tribes the world over, and these cultures still carry remnants of traditions that honor the regional species for their specific natures, Is it fair to associate a desire for the end of dirty wars with naivety? Maybe it seems this way because this is the way we know the world to operate, and once upon a time we believed the lie of spreading democracy. But in the last 20 years America has shown to achieve the exact opposite result as they sold us...unless by "spreading democracy" they meant "install a criminal empire and hide it under the cover of war". It is time to take out our own trash and seek a better way. Maybe we do have the knowledge of our purpose stored within, and for some reason it went dormant. I think if we can manage to be still for long enough and just be, maybe they'll teach us how to remember as we watch them do what they do. Cheers!

[@micwell2247]

correct but they come up with more ways to kill us.....

[@gamebro511]

@@sourceawry4035 yer jealous of a deer? No thanks, we can do sooooo many fun things and have powerful minds that can always come up with new exciting things to do! Free will just comes with huge price tag. Has a song ever moved you to tears? Deers wouldn't care. Admire nature, but don't worship it folks.

[@sourceawry4035]

@@gamebro511 lol, that's funny. The more the world advances, the more complicated things become. No matter what mankind achieves, no matter what amazing tech we come up with, the natural world just keeps doing what it does. It's simple and uncorrupt, that's all I'm saying.

[@BuffaloBilagaana]

I grew up in this area. I have known about this migration my entire life. There are deer crossings, fences, and warning lights that have been in place for around 50 years to prevent road depredation during this migration. This feels like another urban PHD looking to get published and tell us something we already knew.

[@ambertudor]

if you have know about it your entire life, WHY havent you or anyone in the area ever did anything to help these wild animals to be able to go on this journey, like talk to owners of land to put openings in fences , or a walkway that goes under or over highways, etc.. ANYTHING to help? Ohh thats right you are from wyoming and you think humans are more important than animals, f%$#&^% redneck

[@forestsoceansmusic]

I was very impressed with the many huge wild-life flyover 'corridors' complete with upper and middle storey vegetation that cross most of The Netherlands' motorways when I stayed and rode around there in 2011-2012.

[@atypical_moto]

This species discrimination needs to stop. These deer deserve to walk down a sidewalk just like our children.

[@Grizz270]

lol good one

[@robaudet2600]

Kenny Rodger n

[@davidandrus1939]

R u a Dumas then one kills ur kid

[@flareon6223]

yeah and then give them suffrage lol what are they white? hahha

[@yuzzleass]

Kenny Rodger they do walk the streets. and i keep thinking to myself. man my bow really aint that loud, i wonder which of my neighbors would tell on me.

[@driver55]

Amazing for sure. Thank you for posting

[@CloudsOfRainbow16]

mother earth created beautiful creatures

[@KingJac925]

That taste good to! :)

[@LG-kl3co]

***** There must be a certain irony in your comment , you did post it with a computer using electricity and probably radio frequency....

[@KingJac925]

Lyn Goodwin you are obviously anti hunter so if you are you must wish you wer dead because the whole evolution up until your point has had meat involved.

[@sashapup1999]

Johannes Klatt I hate to get involved but whom are the Yellow people? The simpsons?

[@overthehill1958]

***** God created life and the black people looted stores.

[@128pagenovella]

No nations, borders, no fences, no doors, no walls, no clothes, no skin ... no barriers for any life! We're all ONE. We're all a SINGULARITY. No sexes, no breeds, no races, no species, no discrimination between creatures! #EQUALITYISMYRELIGION!

[@MegaMetinMetin]

Ha gay

[@lysjocksan]

128pagenovella ....no.....skin? yuck.

[@128pagenovella]

lysjocksan no skin, no skin privilege, brother. we'll all be red.

[@lysjocksan]

yeah, bloody red! We'll be all bleeding and muscley and skeletony and super prone to infection. Better to just start appreciating natural color instead of using it as some twisted excuse to discriminate against people :)

[@thomasdore4499]

128pagenovella your statement is truer than you realize. Did you know that it was discovered not so recently that grass depends on the herbivores that eat them to survive as much as the grass eaters depend on the grass to survive? And that pack hunting animals are crucial for the survival of both grass and grass eating herbivores. All life on earth constitute a single organism because everything is co-dependent with everything else, just like the cells in your body making up a single organism. But of course, realizing this fact doesn't change human nature. People will remain diabolical bitches until the day the human species goes extinct.

[@donnakeeley7924]

I sppent my youth in south central Wyoming around elk mountain every other weekend. Saw lots of deer and antelope there. Is a nice place to live.

[@LaCheleWallace]

I just love these beautiful creatures. They're so sweet.

[@AlejoSunShine1111]

This is so amazing makes me tear up.

[@arielyancy329]

Ikr I love deers they are so intelligent and beautiful animals 🥺❤️.

[@pamjean2308]

owners should do something to help and make it easier for deer and other migrators

[@SirIsaacNewtonOfficial]

Pam Jean I'm pretty sure quite a few of them do. as i'v heard that it's easier to make ways for them rather than them making their own ways with leads to broken fences, holes in fences, etc. I could be speaking out my ass but that's what i'v heard as i never had a migration to deal with when living in montana.

[@pamjean2308]

Thats very good, I hope so.

[@pamjean2308]

Love the livin life quote & your 2 photos

[@SirIsaacNewtonOfficial]

No problem and thank you! Now that I look more closely the cover photo where the buck is jumping over the wall. That MIGHT be an assisted crossing but not positive

[@waltereenmoore-jones652]

deer sleeping

[@carlosariel7009]

With the man came fences.

[@gamebro511]

And video games, movies, books, science, space missions, sports, agriculture, and many other great things. What's your point? Do you think fences have had much of an impact on deer? It's not a big deal.

[@Littlechicen]

@@gamebro511 and pollution

[@jeffreymccarty1388]

Guns are dangerous and bullets are expensive

[@PoorMansPreparing]

Yeah, women arent gonna build them lol

[@Littlechicen]

@@PoorMansPreparing Why say that

[@HinduThrust]

Poor animals have to go thru soooo much...my heart goes all out for them...

[@frenchiekingcobra]

In Maine we don't have migrations, but, seeing this in Wyoming is unreal, never knew about this, interesting, got to admit these deer should have help and help keeping their migration route open, great stuff and information.

[@Ultimatenightvision]

great video

[@owenreaney6864]

I disagree

[@Wow-nr7rn]

Ok

[@livingontheedge1510]

They are so innocent....

[@jeffreymccarty1388]

Ignorant is what you meant

[@6darkknight972]

@@jeffreymccarty1388 you sure about that? 😁

[@6darkknight972]

Innocent is the right words for animals!

[@jeffreymccarty1388]

@@6darkknight972 well, deer come to the roads and lick where they have spread sodium chloride, so, it is people who are at fault

[@6darkknight972]

@@jeffreymccarty1388 still innocent...you don't know the meaning of it 😂

[@jumpingforjordan1]

"The fact that this scale of migration can take place in unprotected areas in this day and age is amazing." Yeah, but it's Wyoming, so...

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

I wouldn’t say pretty amazing. I’d say EXTREMELY AMAZING!! Beautiful!

[@austincrump3087]

It's not the "longest large mammal migration" in the US. There are mule deer that migrate from Yellowstone to Rock Springs and back every year

[@xWonderbolt]

they're so pretty

[@timmitzlaff8960]

Wyoming is incredible. Back in 1992 I drove from Monrovia, Ca. to Oklahoma to visit my Sister. On the way back I decided to make a right turn at Childress Texas up through Kansas, Nebraska then a left turn at North Platte and on into my destination Casper Wy. I always wanted to visit Casper so I spent the night there then headed west on 26 towards Shoshoni. About 30 or 40 miles outside of Casper I pulled off the highway and just started driving southwest through the wide open landscape. It was like being on the moon. Flat, bare cool, and beautiful to me. Being born in Los Angeles and driving the crazy crowded freeways this was so peaceful and I just felt so free out there. Wyoming is great!

[@MurphysMakingMovies]

That was awesome! My only complaint would be the video was too short. Thank you for sharing!

[@HectorPerez-tb8hn]

it's a short migration !!

[@MsLoriGold]

I love all kinds of animals, but I think deer truly are regal and elegant. Amazing!

[@heychupacabro1534]

the buck at :34 is gorgeous

[@simerjitsekhon1578]

Great Scholar and the help and aid by the country. Marvelous

[@richardcoram1562]

This is good information to share. So as landowners are building their fences and other barriers, they might consider installing RING door bells and cameras, for these migrating herds lol!! Seriously..technology could open and close gates as needed for these animals . I trucked through Wyoming a lot bak in the late 70s early '80s, and there was times the Interstate was littered with carcasses of antelope and deer, also Jack rabbits,. The state knows where these migration routes are and what roads/ interstates , pass through the animals routes.They need to build the land bridges through those areas,

[@notsohandytim5090]

Coram: Well, if the deer would use auto gates and bridges I expect the livestock would also.

[@mtnmann72]

That was soothing to watch for some reason.

[@lewandlo]

White tail deer do this every year in Ontario . They migrate to deer yards to stage for the winter.Some travel over a hundred miles as well. Very interesting.

[@brandonparker8365]

Now that was a cool video wish it was longer

[@melaniewallace1289]

Thank you for posting this, and for bringing this daunting journey by such amazing creatures to our attention. We might be the top of the food chain, but we have much to learn from our other-species-neighbors with whom we share this planet. Hopefully-if we are truly as intelligent as we believe ourselves to be-we will find ways of using this knowledge to better the lot of these other species, and therefore, ultimately, ourselves.

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

Well said, thank you.

[@JohnMartinez-sm1sk]

Nice footage, great video, beautiful animals

[@gevse]

Fawn rescue brought me here!

[@_DB.COOPER]

Incredible, thank you.

[@bubbleone6526]

I’ve seen to many nice mule deer bucks tangled up in some of that fencing.

[@monimalakandalidas3910]

I know about zebra and wildebeest migration...but deer migration!!! Woow amazing...fantastic natural show of the Earth...Story of the Nature ...Nature 'a pride with power !!! Excellent footage!!!!!!

[@Driftwoodgeorge]

1,500 people don't like this ?" There are some creepy people out there, ewh!

[@kgill99]

clickbait title gets the downvote for most, it is hardly 'have to see to believe' is it?

[@pawpads9397]

Really creepy

[@gamebro511]

Yeah it's sorta click bait. Only kids and people who don't go out much would be surprised at this. The title had me believing I would see thousands of deer on screen, instead it was like.. just a dozen or so. Lame. Fake news!

[@seandalavis]

It's because this is common sense.

[@thefinalwhistle1623]

they might dislike the barriers the animals have to pass.

[@jafo49]

I once saw several hundred antelope crossing hwy1 at Walsh Alberta. They were traveling in single file for as far as I could see to the north and the south.What an amazing sight.

[@WhiteManXRP]

That explains the " Dogman " sightings throughout the area..following the food..very very interesting

[@raineynight]

Beautiful! Thank you

[@EmilysLife]

the noises they are making are so GODDAMN cute xoxoxo !!!!!!

[@bhick3572]

Meerrrp

[@2wheeleddemon745]

meerrrp meerrrp boom.

[@bhick3572]

2 wheeled demon merp......BOOM!

[@markmnorcal]

Emily Is Green Thats how they feel insured.

[@DiligentProsperous]

It’s so amazing they travel such a long distance and survive with all the obstacles they go through. There so beautiful. Thank you for the video.

[@arthurmcdanielsen7489]

one of the most impressive things, I saw, during a snow storm in Wyoming, was to see a family of 10 deer getting underneath a group of horses that were huddled together because of the storm. I actually have pictures of it.

[@lulucomer1662]

arthur McDanielsen You should put them on here for us to see! I'm from the Show-Me state so I can't help but want to see it ! haha

[@lettersfromhelen]

+arthur McDanielsen Yes, yes. You have at least two of us interested. What more do you need?

[@carolv8450]

They were keeping each other warm - how beautiful.

[@richfiles]

+arthur McDanielsen How adorable! ╱)◔ᴗ◔(╲

[@PeaceManBro]

Pics or it didnt happen

[@marcellobomfim5629]

Awesome video! Congratulations! It is amazing what we can discover when we stop to focus only on human beings and decide to turn it to nature.

[@skeptic7195]

3:00 it sounded like the deer said "bruuuh"

[@mariannehanley3151]

It's truly amazing! Deer are so beautiful!

[@Wholesomeday]

Really nice short film following interesting research. Is there a longer film available about the work?

[@forestsoceansmusic]

Excellent. Thank you National Geographic.

[@jamestnov41945]

This is just amazing.I realize this video is old but it is new to me. Has any effort been made to have the fence builders make openings for them?

[@ericbubbles8642]

That was beautiful & Hall Sawyer is beautiful too!! Inside & Out!!

[@ravenfeather7087]

This is one of the most informative videos I have ever seen. And without a doubt the best wildlife behavior video I've ever seen. My congratulations and appreciation go to those who funded it, did the field work and especially to the genius(es) who conceived it. Very, very nicely done.

[@weownthethoughttvlive1181]

Beautiful

[@seehowtheseacow7550]

I see how this is an interesting and educational video.

[@sbove]

5.7 million views! Proves so many humans care about their planet's amazing animals & natural environment. We can all team up to learn about and preserve it!

[@matt4453]

I never comment on this stuff, but reading these comments below, I would like to shed some light onto the subjects being discussed. Deer, elk, turkey, mountain lions, all species of animals are hunted largely by humans. A lot of people out there call it wrong, but the people that call it wrong don't realize that those who are hunting these animals are also protecting these animals. Hunters contribute more money, time and land to protected animals than any tree hugging, green eating only organization combined. 99% of a true outdoorsman, hunts to provide to their family, friends, neighbors and so forth. There are a few that go and shoot whatever to shoot something. They aren't true outdoorsman, they give us outdoorsman a bad name. But at the same token those are also the people that end up in prison or extremely bad situations shortly after. Not only do true outdoorsman hunt for food they hunt to feed others, they donate money, time, and land to make sure these animals make it generation after generation. Some organizations like Whitetails Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited and etc have single handily provided more funding and work to making sure the herds and flocks are managed correctly during hunting and making sure the land and wildlife surroundings are maintained to make sure these animals survive than any Animal Protections organization has ever done. I have not seen one Animal Protection Agency buy up millions of acres of land and make sure its managed correctly to make sure the animals are protected. They rather take all outdoorsman to court and tie up government money and hard working americans money to do so. They want every one else to do and fund their work for them. For example the Scimitar Horned Oryx was about 300 animals way from being extinct. There was 300 Scimitar Horned Oryx left In the wild, zoos and etc across the whole world. Game farms in the southern US realized the dangers of them becoming extinct, have managed the herds correctly and have now brought close to a million Scimitar Horned Oryx back to the herds. Yes they are being hunted, some are killed every year, but the ranches managed there herds correctly. To shed light on what managing a herd correctly means, allowing a hunter to take an animal that is past age of breeding. Animals life spans are very short compared to humans, which means there breeding spans are even shorter. Ranches manage there herds correctly, hunting guides manage wild life herds correctly. They ONLY allow hunters to take fully matured animals at a quota per year. Now the Scimitar Horned Oryx was doing extremely well. Herd numbers were larger then they ever have been seen, until an Animal Activist stepped in and put an end to the game farms being able to hunt them. The game farms, turned around and decided to get rid of every Scimitar Horned Oryx they had left. Yes they were being hunted, but on a managed hunt before. Only x amount of bulls are taken a year over the course of each herd to ensure that the herd will multiple more and more, these animals cost money to feed, cost money to keep, cost money to manage, but no animal activist wanted to step in and supply the funds to keep them. They want the ranchers to pay all of this money out of there pockets. The herd populations went from close to million to low hundred thousands after the animal right activist won there supreme court hearing. No farmer, rancher is going to pay a bill to feed thousands of animals that does no return investment. This bill was reversed in the supreme court with in a matter of a year and the herds are back to being managed and maintained properly. Bottom line is with out outdoorsman, the animals that you believe you are trying to protect would have been extinct thousands of years ago. Its called the food chain. True outdoorsman take more action and pride in protecting their hobby than any animal activist group out there. I suggest to those ignorant people that think all hunters are horrible people, you should go to your next local Whitetails Unlimited Meeting, Rocky Mountain Elks Foundation Meeting, Ducks Unlimited Meeting or whatever organization you would like to go to. Sit in a meeting listen to the passion and effort that true outdoorsman put into there hobby and then make judgment after you collect all your proper information. Every state and every county manages there animal population, millions and millions of dollars go into this every year to determine how many of x animals have made it through this year, due to weather, the circle of food chain, hunting, road kill and etc, after these statistics are collected the state wildlife program then decides on how many license will be offered in each county for the specific animals to be hunted. Birds are monitored year around, limits change year to year depending on the migration numbers. Deer tags change year to year depending on the county herd population. Don't judge a book by its cover. Until you take the time and learn what a true outdoorsman is about don't profile every outdoorsman as a murderer or poucher. We take pride in our hobby and we take much more pride in protecting our hobby for future generations to enjoy. By the way the biggest threat to all animal population is the animal activist that want to see wolfs reintroduced to their habitats. Michigan has not allowed wolf hunting for years, the wolfs were few from far in Michigan. All animals were heavily populated, now the last few years, deer numbers are dropping dramatically, pets are being killed in there own back yards, cattle ranchers are loosing livestock on a weekly basis and the whole population just multiplies by 20 every year due to the amount of pups they have each year. But no one can do anything about it because someone wants to be able to look at them out their window, but has never had to worry about the dangers of a large wolf population because they live In the city where the grocery store magically makes meat and poultry.

[@BRoszel1]

Speak it brother. Is it not more humane to kill a few hundred deer, quickly, with a bow or rifle or to let thousands die of starvation & disease due to over population. It is not hunters vs. conservationists. Hunters are the conservationists.

[@vivaloriflamme]

Brian Roszel Exhibit A-- east end of Long Island, New York is overrun with white-tailed deer. Bad for everyone- patch.com/new-york/westhampton-hamptonbays/deer-overpopulation-prompts-dec-to-expand-hunting-grounds I found a fawn covered with blood-engorged ticks, blinded and weakened by them. Car accidents because of deer are common.

[@kimmcmurtrie4564]

Very well put. I have now been educated. Thankyou for your well thought out explaination.

[@fiselfrazel1064]

Hunters do not want other predators so they can shoot the deer. They pay for this conservation to happen so they can shoot the deer next year. They only pay for this management so they can keep shooting deer.

[@smokedpotato]

You got a hard copy of that book? Maybe i can read a little before bed each night and be done in a month

[@Ladychat212]

Great video, and information!! Very nice work!! Thanks for presenting it!!

[@maggiehydeck8182]

Wow, I never thought deer migrated. I lived in Maryland where there were a lot of deer year round.

[@sandrabadillo3970]

Something needs to change when we put obstacles in they’re paths somethings has to change we are there Warriors and the heroes

[@stevewalker3468]

This is something we have known, I seen this back in the 80's when I traveled across America and Canada with my pack mule and horse, we traveled across Canada into Alaska and the Canadians never even knew I was there.

[@noonespecial1285]

As a child, 5a.m. was horseback riding time. Feeding and grooming then ride, stop and graze then ride until dark every chance of every day or after school. We never had a fence blocking us and very few gates. Wildlife was everywhere and the countryside rich in avocado groves, orange groves, plots of every vegetable grew along our trail including some chicken ranches where I saw my first egg laid. I was so fortunate to be able to live during that time. I went onto be fortunate enough to raise my children in a ranch environment where they learned about nature first hand and grew up to be respected, accountable adults but only one had children of his own. Sadly, with the earth in the state it is in, the people driven by greed, we have no idea what the future holds for the next generation. I remember moving from So Cal to So Nev just at the beginning of teenage years to enter culture shock. I read every book I could find on the desert and did see quite a bit of wildlife then. However, I can hardly remember the last time I saw a roadrunner or a horned lizard. My daughter was never able to ride freely without asking permission to open a gate and most often denied. There are methods for clearing the pollution from rivers and lakes which is the mushroom/woodchip method. There are ways to accomplish what mankind must do to enable our Mother Earth to recover but it will require effort from every person on the planet. Unite to keep indigenous species from extinction and rebalance eco systems. Thankful to National Geographic in so many ways . . . Sending wishes for Happy Trails with Smiles 4 Miles to all.

[@johnv9594]

150 miles! That s incredible for a dear!

[@rwbz28]

My grand dad Lived in Arkansas and had some walker hounds that he hunted dear with. One day they didn't come back. He got a call almost a month latter from a guy said he had his dogs. Grandad asked him where are you at ill come pick them up. The guy said Alabama! True story.

[@rancher12121]

yeah but.....monarch butterflies migrate 2500 miles

[@missmsmrs.7309]

This is SO AMAZING! Thank you for informing us of this migration and its challenges. Beautiful pics!

[@wbworkout]

I would love to see a world without fences and a return to a more natural way of things especially for creatures like this. We humans have drifted far from our relationship to Nature and lost part of our soul.

[@zhutaizong6111]

+Dano Pierce This is like saying ants have lost part of their soul. Nvm, they did actually.

[@emilbrandwyne5747]

+Dano Pierce Totally possible, people just have to stop hating each other.

[@scaredlobstero]

We are too busy polluting out minds with technology

[@sixlikesgore7503]

actually, there's multiple ways that humans have constructed ways for both us and animals to coexist without things like barriers or impassible obstacles for them, such as mammal bridges to cross freeways, tunnels underneath for small creatures like turtles and raccoons, etc. the only problem is that we don't have *nearly* enough. i think every road should have something like this - an alternative, so that we're not jamming our fingers into the lives of these beautiful animals, and making their existence even harder than it already naturally is.

[@wbworkout]

I so agree with you Lizzie.

[@philyip4432]

Thank you so very much for introducing me to this amazing migration , I would otherwise be totally ignorant of what these deers had to go through.

[@brucepoole8552]

Remove all the fences on the great plains and bring back the buffalo

[@markmnorcal]

Bruce Poole We don't deserve Buffalo.

[@melissaledingham3980]

We don't have Buffalo in North America, we have Bison.

[@markmnorcal]

Bruce Poole Were lucky deer are good at avoiding us or they would be gone too.

[@TheDave570]

The Bison are back and getting stronger! check yellowstone.

[@The843legendz]

Buffalo burger...mmmm

[@NicksMagicstorytime]

I miss Wyoming. I grew up there. Winter sucks, but it has it's own beauty and wonder.

[@thomasvizcainco5658]

We should create a department of protection of animal migration in the USA 🇺🇸 to give them a better chance of survival. We don’t do enough

[@FRMJD1996]

I couldn’t agree more😊

[@pawpads9397]

Not enough

[@michelangelobuonarroti916]

In the Trump administration? Never happen.

[@gamebro511]

They are not surviving? Those of us who actually live in the country can tell you, these fences and highways have not eradicated deer, a fact farmers have to deal with on a constant basis. Nature finds a way and deer thrive by living next to humans. Sure a few of them die on highways, but this is a small sample of the greater herd. I don't think we need to throw gajillions of dollars at this problem. Just drive slower at night you speed demons!

[@HectorPerez-tb8hn]

NOOOOOOO not a new useless department PLEASE !!! the government is taking our rights one by one the way it's !!

[@Luvbugs7780]

💞I love watching nature.... Just so breathtaking & beautiful 💗

[@b2k836]

The research biologist has a voice that you hear on a movie trailer from the 90s 🤣

[@robbyers7614]

Beautiful, Amazing, and Wonderful. God's handiwork is involved in all this 24/7. Thanks for the video.

[@richpaydirt]

Great video and lots of good info. I’m a hunter and know that some folks don’t understand my passion, thats o.k , life’s too short to knock each other.I know a lot of these areas and hope the private (and public) land owners will do their part to make sure this great resource can continue to be enjoyed by all.

[@letusbehumane]

♥️🌱 Love and Respect from Indian Occupied Kashmir 🌱♥️

[@joenavanodo3780]

It’s difficult for me to understand how a research biologist studyIng mule deer for fifteen years didn’t know that they migrated. I’ll venture to guess that the native Americans in that area knew that, and then some.

[@DuboisWyomingAirportConstructi]

My dad knew of that migration of mule deer and elk from the Gros Ventre to the Red desert in the '60's.

[@TheBooban]

2:24 Please land owner, take down that fence

[@eliasmora715]

Make openings of the fences… just that, let it flow….

[@JWQweqOPDH]

There may be some reason the fence is there, like not letting cows through.

[@RealRadNek]

Ya JW, there is a reason but cows aren't it. The fences are put there by the fish and game to funnel the deer & elk to "crossing zones" on major highways and freeways. They are actually there to protect as many deer & elk as possible. I nearly hit a deer on that same highway these deer cross back about 7 years ago at night and it was a deer that was not cooperating with the fences. The deer crossing funnels that these fences funnel deer through actual save hundreds of deer a year and hundreds of cars from some serious damage. Booban, your land owner is Obama. He'd probably take the fences down if he could just like he has on the South border and now we see hundreds of illegals dying in the Texas South bush.

[@lilynorman2258]

The fences are most often up to keep in animals (cows, horses, etc) or keep people from driving up and hunting on the property as well as marking land space. In that area of the States I think they put up fences to sort of herd wild animals away from roads where tons of them get hit pretty often.

[@Ravindran7881]

Lily Norman

[@seeamerica1]

Beautiful images with moving music gave me a new respect for the mule deer. Thanks for sharing.

[@demonicusrex]

beautiful and amazing. we are destroying ecosystems at a escalating rate, yet know so little about them. nature is incredible.....we, sadly, are not!

[@rainrankin7295]

No friend we are part of nature, We just simply like to think of our selfs as different or better than all the rest of other living beings and things. 💖

[@benjaminkent4397]

If you want to blame someone, blame the big city people for wiping out entire ecosystems and removing an entire species from it's habitat.

[@pjf2675]

Excellent presentation. I learned a lot from it.

[@tnc7357]

1:00 The wild helicopter, in its natural habitat...

[@heartapocalypse]

Hahaha!

[@doristhomson3082]

LOL

[@jerrysampson9057]

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[@dougbourdo2589]

From NM. Absolutely LOVE Wyoming for hunting & recreation.